Senior Behavioural Scientist

4 days ago


Sandton, South Africa Boardroom Appointments Full time

Senior Behavioural Scientist [6 Month Contract]

Responsibilities: 

  • Work with business units to define target behaviours
  • Scope advisory projects and develop work plans
  • Conduct literature reviews to contextualise target behaviours and proposed behavioural interventions
  • Guide data exploration to contextualise and quantify target behaviours
  • Undertake qualitative research to effectively diagnose the context and psychological barriers to target behaviour
  • Effectively package and communicate the findings of primary and secondary research to business units
  • Design and propose behavioural interventions
  • Support business units to test behavioural interventions (RCTs or A/B tests)
  • Provide training to business units on behavioural insights relevant to their operations
  • Support the effective knowledge management and curation of behavioural science research through brown bag sessions
  • Establish relationships with clients through constant engagement
  • Assist in positioning the BE Unit as a valued business partner through proactive engagement and networking with internal and external stakeholders
  • Monitor performance by aligning own contribution to the delivery of the departmental plan against expected outcomes
  • Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interactions
  • Resolve work obstacles by managing on a case-by-case basis and escalating early where required




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